Raves & Rants . . from Penzance

The frenzy continues with Scrunch the bull making it into the Guardian at the weekend, in the 'Unsettling Animal Picture of the Week' section, inside front cover. Shame they credited the wrong photographer though. Went to Porthmeor to shoot some surf, checkout the results on WPSurf.com type Porthmeor into the search, then click Total Images, to see the latest shots. This is Billy Norways, who was in fine form. Caught a recent Have I got News for You episode last night with acerbic Scottish comic Frankie Boyle on Paul Merton's team. Asked if Scotland had a cricket team, he replied ' Cricket is played in Scotland like some sort of homosexual martial art'. Return to Ocean-Image.com

Had a really decent wave at Porthmeor earlier in the week, with not too many people out. Still trialling the Surftech, I think it might be a pretty good board, as I managed to get covered up on my last wave. I wouldn't normally claim it, but the pleasure was doubled when a mate, who'd been watching from the car park, said ' Nice last wave, you were fully in there! '. Cheers, Lawrence, pint waiting for you! A memorable week with a Great Happening on Wednesday, including a mention in the Times online, courtesy of journalist and author Alex Wade, in his daily surf blog . Check out his latest book - Surf Nation - for intelligent insights and some of the best writing about the current state of surfing in Britain. Then, today, I had a couple of pictures in the Mirror, of Scrunch the bull, and his owner, mentioned in an earlier post, in the front room of his dilapidated, 15th century pub (aging it three hundred years in a few days). Under the groan inducing headline 'Unbel...

Caught up with big wave supremos Al Mennie and Duncan Scott in Newquay recently. Towing in to this 'small' wave at the Cribbar must almost be boring after their 55ft exploits in Ireland. Does that mean we have already seen the biggest wave towed in Ireland/ the UK / Europe of all time ? It's hard to imagine it getting any larger than the record breaking 14m swell of that day. But as Al said ' The break was working really well that day, it'll hold larger '. Guess we'll just have to wait and see. Mike Return to Ocean-Image.com

Hello there Welcome to the Ocean-Image blog. Not sure what it's really going to be about yet, presumably stuff that happens that's interesting. Like a recent shoot for a magazine about a guy living like a hermit on Bodmin Moor, in a derelict 18th Century Inn. No gas, no electric, just and AGA in the kitchen. And a one ton Highland Bull in the front room. Taking pictures of the chap combing it whilst avoiding being crushed aginst the cooker or gored by the horns. Or probably the latest surf session - four foot cross/off Hawks Point since you ask. Really pretty good, on a new Santa Cruz Surftech which I'm beginning to enjoy. No one out but myself and Billy, everyone must have been working for a change, it's usually mobbed there. I guess there'll be news here too, currently there's a competition to win one of the fantastic 2008 Ocean-Image.com calendars in top surf magazine Pit Pilot . Well, got to do some work now, so leave a comment and check back later. Cheers,...